MANORIAL HERITAGE REGISTRY CONVEYANCE & DESCENT HISTORY ============================================================================ Yeldon Public record: https://manorialregistry.com/?mhr_manor=yeldon Exported: 15 October 2026, 05:53 GMT+0000 Recorded historical holders: 12 Location: Yeldon, Bedfordshire SUCCESSION REGISTER | EARLIEST RECORDED TO PRESENT ============================================================================ Relationships below reproduce saved published paths; unrecorded routes are not inferred. 1. William de la Zouche Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 2. Northill is invariably Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 3. the king Transfer: Recorded possession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 4. John son of Walter and Eleanor de Trailly Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: Joint Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 5. Edmund Hampden | 1400 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 6. Thomas Hampden Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 7. Barbara Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 8. William Paulet Transfer: Recorded holder Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 9. William | 1577 Transfer: Succession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 10. Elizabeth Transfer: Passed Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 11. the St. John family | Attested 1722 Transfer: Recorded possession Relationship to present holder: Not recorded 12. Sir Jeremiah Vanacker Sambrook | 1728 Transfer: Conveyance Relationship to present holder: Not recorded DETAILED CONVEYANCE HISTORIES AND LINKED PEDIGREES ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 1 William de la Zouche Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: This exception is Northill, the only part of the Warden barony which was held by the Traillys in demesne, and which at the time of the Testa was held by William de la Zouche in right of his wife Maud widow of John de Trailly. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 2 Northill is invariably Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 1: Northill is invariably held in chief, and in 1272 on the death of John de Trailly is expressly stated to be held of the king in chief by barony, whilst Yelden, Chellington and other places following immediately after are said to be attached to the honour of Gloucester. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 3 the king Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Though Yelden was attached to the honour of Gloucester, an attempt was nevertheless made to get the wardship of Walter for his lands in Yelden into the hands of the king. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 4 John son of Walter and Eleanor de Trailly Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: joint Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: John son of Walter and Eleanor de Trailly died seised of the manor in 1304, leaving an infant son and heir Walter, who was still a minor in 1319. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 5 | 1400 Edmund Hampden Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Some time before his death, which took place in 1400, he alienated the manor to Edmund Hampden, and with this alienation the connexion of the de Traillys with Yelden ceased. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 6 Thomas Hampden Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Thomas Hampden his son held Yelden till 1486–7, leaving Yelden Manor to his son John, who survived his father ten years. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 7 Barbara Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: His son John Hampden had two daughters and co-heirs, and Yelden eventually passed to Barbara, the younger. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 8 William Paulet Transfer: Recorded holder Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: William Paulet died seised of the manor in 1577 and was succeeded by his son William. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 9 | 1577 William Transfer: Succession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: William Paulet died seised of the manor in 1577 and was succeeded by his son William. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 10 Elizabeth Transfer: Passed Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Yelden next passed to his daughter Elizabeth, who was posthumous, and who in 1602, together with her husband Oliver St. John of Bletsoe, acquired seisin of the manor. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 11 | Attested 1722 the St. John family Transfer: Recorded possession Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: In 1706 Paulet Lord St. John, the last Earl of Bolingbroke, suffered a recovery of the manor, and in 1722 the advowson (which followed the descent of the manor at this date) was still in the hands of the St. John family. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDER 12 | 1728 Sir Jeremiah Vanacker Sambrook Transfer: Conveyance Holding arrangement: sole Narrative / explanation: Lordship account 2: Between the latter date and 1728 it had been alienated to Sir Jeremiah Vanacker Sambrook, bart. Relationship paths: No published path recorded. END OF EXPORTED APPROVED CONVEYANCE HISTORY